Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti by Zhujun Pang

Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti by Zhujun Pang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Oro me te Pūrere Oro Competition Category.

RinoHua Oro· 2024

Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti

by Zhujun Pang

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hua Oro Category

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The Design

About Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti

He kōrere puoro whakawhitiwhiti a Soundmotion i hoahoatia mō ngā hoa e noho tawhiti ana tētahi i tētahi. Kei ia hoa tētahi taputapu, ā, kua hono ia taputapu ki te taupānga Soundmotion. Ka nekehia te pito o runga o te taputapu ki tētahi tūnga kua whakaritea, ka huri i waenganui i te whakarongo takitahi me te Hongere Hoa tahi, kei reira ngā waiata e tākaro ngātahi ana i te wā kotahi. Ka āhei ngā kaiwhakamahi ki te kōwhiri me te tuku emoji mā roto i tētahi mowhiti tae, hei whakaatu i ngā kare ā-roto. Ko ngā nekehanga o te taputapu he 110 ki te 160 ki te 110 mirimita. Ka honoa e Soundmotion te tiritiri puoro ki te whakawhitiwhiti pāpā ngāwari, hei tautoko i te ahatanga o te noho tahi i waenganui i ngā hoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Soundmotion Kōrere Puoro Whakawhitiwhiti mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Soundmotion is a communication system crafted for long-distance relationship couple, aiming to foster seamless interaction through the integration of synchronized music listening and tangible engagement. The physical device is integrated with the Soundmotion application. By flipping the top of the device to different specific angles, users can choose between using the device as a regular music player or playing songs from the Couple channel and engaging in simple interactions with their partner.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 110mm x Width 160mm x Height 110mm
Tags: Music sharing experience, Tangible interaction design, Long-distance relationship, Sound and Media, Multi-sensory Experience
Production Technology: Soundmotion utilizes the ESP8266 as its hardware platform to control the product's hardware and establish a connection with the Soundmotion server. This enables the transfer of emoji feedback data generated during user interaction, allowing Soundmotion to analyze the data using the Web API and provide personalized music recommendations for couples.
Design Challenge: The core challenge faced by this project is how to create a rich yet lightweight music-sharing experience for users. It aims to satisfy the entertaining aspect of couples' interaction while ensuring that such interactions do not pose a communication burden or disrupt their respective daily lives. Additionally, the project emphasizes emotional design, requiring simultaneous consideration across the dimensions of form, function, and interaction. It must meet the functional needs of emotional communication while providing users with a sense of presence and companionship from both the product's physical form and interactive feedback. The ultimate goal is to enhance the intimacy between couples through the design, fostering a stronger emotional connection.
Research: Exploring the use of music to facilitate implicit emotional communication between long-distance couples has emerged as a new design exploration space. Data collected through interviews and workshops conducted during the early stages of this design project indicate that music sharing can create daily topics for couples, provide a sense of presence through synchronized listening, and convey emotions and care through shared music. Therefore, this project aims to address the limitations in current research on long-distance intimate relationship technologies in the field of human-computer interaction, and explore how the combination of music sharing and explicit and implicit interactions can better help long-distance couples enhance their sense of intimacy.
Inspiration: Research shows music-sharing significantly contributes to maintaining and enhancing intimate relationships. Existing music players and streaming platforms, focused on individual experiences, rarely notice the potential of integrating the two aspects. Hence, Soundmotion is designed to deepen the connection between long-distance relationship couples through shared music experiences, enriched with a rich interactive design.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and finished in June 2023 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Operation Flow: Both partners in the couple each own a Soundmotion physical device, which is linked to their respective app accounts. Couples establish online and offline connections by jointly creating a Couple Channel in the app. Users can switch their status by sliding the device's top to a specific position, choosing between enjoying music individually or synchronizing with their partner in the Couple Channel. Additionally, users can express their emotions by selecting and sending emojis through the colored ring on the device.
Team Members: Zhujun Pang
Image Credits: Zhujun Pang, 2023